1/7/2024 0 Comments Robin williams 24 hour photo![]() ![]() The Fatal Attraction-esque themes of insatiable obsession and dark and driven want are evident for sure. People really should talk about One Hour Photo more. His performance is severely underrated as is the film - I hadn't ever heard about it before watching it. I think most people would be attracted to the film simply because of the ingenious idea behind the casting. ![]() William's portrayal of Sy "the Photo Guy" is so refreshingly sinister for him that he definitely carries the whole film. It may not be a blockbuster thriller, but this little gem is one of Robin Williams' best performances. I wish we could've explored Sy "the photo guy's" past, I'm sure it would've been fascinating. These stalker-like behaviour traits is ever so apparent in the current world. A stranger waiting outside your house everyday. Your child talking to a stranger and buying them gifts. So many terrifying scenes, not in terms of horror but how realistically possible these scenarios are. We don't hate him, we actually sympathise instead. You can see how the screenplay manages to convince the audience that his mental state is of depression. Creepy yet with an undertone of melancholia. The supporting cast were fine but Williams owned this whole film. Robin Williams yet again proved he was able to steer away from his typecast comedic roles and endeavour in more psychologically challenging performances. A guy, with a camera, taking snapshots, of children. Another great narration was the etymology of the word "snapshot" which he said was a hunting term. His days are just routines, his life being lived in the clinical colours of beige. All he ever desired was to be loved or wanted, and yet he just existed. He clearly narrates that photographs are always taken on happy occasions, and never on the events that we wish to forget. A photograph printer who sees into the lives of those that are within these pictures, he is able to imagine himself being in them. This is an intelligent study of a character who's loneliness and solitude has driven him to stalking a family. This isn't just a typical psychological thriller where a crazy guy goes crazy and does crazy things. I kept fidgeting! The whole premise and the realism of it just affected me greatly. I mean, I actually felt uncomfortable watching this. One Hour Photo was unsettling to the core. ![]()
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